Peppermint
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My news feed on my phone is turning up some strange choices at the moment... Nonetheless, vaguely amusing little piece about how the now bald Mr Nevin was regularly mistaken for Johnny, and a tale involving the real Mr Marr. Judging from the pic (below) there was indeed quite a resemblance.
Note the terrific Sun-style headline, by the way - it's a belter.
Excerpt:
NEVIN KNOWS I'M MISERABLE NOW
Pat Nevin reveals music fans used to constantly mistake him for The Smiths rocker Johnny Marr
FOOTIE pundit Pat Nevin told how he used to get pestered by music fans convinced he was The Smiths rocker Johnny Marr.
The telly favourite, 56, revealed his striking resemblance to the guitar legend meant he was often mistaken for him at gigs in the 1980s.
Pat Nevin has revealed he used to get mistaken for rocker Johnny Marr. The Smiths guitarist and the Scotland star were once at the same gig
Nevin in his younger days at ChelseaCredit: Getty Images
And ex-Scotland winger Pat admitted he added to their confusion by sporting a similar floppy hairdo and fashion sense to Marr.
Pat told the Rock’n’Goal podcast: “My friends were musos. I never had footballer style.
“The amount of people that came up to me at gigs and said: ‘You’re Johnny Marr aren’t you?’
Full piece here:
Note the terrific Sun-style headline, by the way - it's a belter.
Excerpt:
NEVIN KNOWS I'M MISERABLE NOW
Pat Nevin reveals music fans used to constantly mistake him for The Smiths rocker Johnny Marr
FOOTIE pundit Pat Nevin told how he used to get pestered by music fans convinced he was The Smiths rocker Johnny Marr.
The telly favourite, 56, revealed his striking resemblance to the guitar legend meant he was often mistaken for him at gigs in the 1980s.
Pat Nevin has revealed he used to get mistaken for rocker Johnny Marr. The Smiths guitarist and the Scotland star were once at the same gig
Nevin in his younger days at ChelseaCredit: Getty Images
And ex-Scotland winger Pat admitted he added to their confusion by sporting a similar floppy hairdo and fashion sense to Marr.
Pat told the Rock’n’Goal podcast: “My friends were musos. I never had footballer style.
“The amount of people that came up to me at gigs and said: ‘You’re Johnny Marr aren’t you?’
Full piece here:
Pat Nevin reveals music fans used to think he was The Smiths rocker Johnny Marr
FOOTIE pundit Pat Nevin told how he used to get pestered by music fans convinced he was The Smiths rocker Johnny Marr. The telly favourite, 56, revealed his striking resemblance to the guitar legen…
www.thescottishsun.co.uk
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